(ANSA) - BEIJING, OCTOBER 13 - A rare anti-Covid protest was staged today in Beijing with the authorities who removed some protest banners also against President Xi, less than three days before the opening of the 20th Congress of the CCP that should be entrusted to him an unprecedented third mandate to the general secretariat.
The story, which took place in the early afternoon, became viral on social media: on the banners placed on the Sitong bridge there were several slogans, including an appeal for the expulsion of Xi (defined as a "traitor") and for the end of the draconian policies to contain Covid. -19, based on multiple images and videos posted on Twitter.
In the videos on Twitter - blacked out in China - you can also see the intervention of the police that allegedly arrested a man.
In a short clip, there was also smoke coming from the roadway at the point where the banners hung, as if to attract the attention of passing drivers.
The area, in the northwest of the Chinese capital, is close to Zhongguancun, the university area.
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